National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice announced today the
appointment of Mr. Rand Beers as Special Assistant to the President and
Senior Director for Combating Terrorism, effective August 19, 2002.

For the last four years, Mr. Beers served as Assistant Secretary of
State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. He has
also held various positions in the State Department's Bureau of
Political Military Affairs: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional
Affairs and Export Control, Deputy for Strategy and the Operations
Coordinator for Regional Affairs and Security Assistance, Director of
the Office of Security Analysis and the Office of International
Security Policy, and Deputy Director of the Office of Policy Analysis.
Additionally, he has served three times on the National Security
Council staff and was the Deputy Political Advisor to the Supreme
Allied Commander, Europe.

A native of Washington, D.C., Mr. Beers holds two degrees in
history: a B.A. from Dartmouth and a M.A. from the University of
Michigan. He is married to Bonnie Beers; they have two children.